An Cafe (Or, Antique Cafe, Antic Cafe, アンティック－珈琲店 ) is a 'Visual Kei' Pop/Rock band hailing from Japan that has taken hardcore Japanese music fans by storm. An Cafe has music that varies from the carefree sounds that relate to Do As Infinity, to the metal clashing, forever-classic chords of Dir En Grey. The new generation band came together in 2003, and has still been going 4 years strong. The band originally included four band members with Miku on vocals, Bou on lead guitar, Kanon on bass, and Teruki on drums and percussion. Though, more recently in 2007, the band replaced their original guitarist, Bou, with a new lead guitarist Takuya. Their newest member is Yuuki on keyboard.

Not much is known about An Cafe, they usually stay low and out of the media. Even the reason their original guitarist Bou has not been released to the media in the US. The band's label is Loop Ash.

Visual Kei is described in several different ways. It can be a sub-genre of J-Rock or Glam-Rock music hailing in Japan. It was a primary style of Rock music in the 80's-90's, as a definition of music and the way the band members dress. A 'Visual Kei' band is usually described as a mainstream band that usually makes appearances in heavy make-up and detailed costumes inspired heavily on the Gothic Lolita/Harajuku cliche. Very famous Visual Kei bands include Dir En Grey, L'Arc-en-Ciel and Malice Mizer.

Visual Kei has declined in the recent years, with the death of a guitarist from a mainstream Visual Kei band called X Japan, and the band broke up. Malice Mizer went on an indefinite hiatus in December of 2001, and has yet to return, as rumoured are flying that the group had disbanded due to the fact of every member's solo career. L'Arc-en-Ciel had also gone on hiatus while members Hyde and Tetsu pursued solo careers. More recently, Visual Kei has gotten a kick-start back into gear, as X Japan announced their tribute to their deceased guitarist as another mainstream band, Luna Sea announced their plans to reunite. Dir En Grey has continually been contributing, but seems to have faded out of the Visual Kei scene, declining to a usual appearance as a Goth-Metal band.

The more recent An Cafe. Members from Left To right: Kanon, Yuuki, Miku, Takuya, and Teruki. Bou is not featured in this picture.

Malice Mizer. Note the eccentric costumes and heavy make-up. Please, also note that the band is made up entirely of males.